योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-25

अनिशं पूजयन्त्येताः सर्वाः स्थावरजङ्गमाः ।
यथाभिमतदानेन सर्वे ते भूतजातयः ॥ २५ ॥

aniśaṃ pūjayantyetāḥ sarvāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ ,
yathābhimatadānena sarve te bhūtajātayaḥ 25

25. aniśam pūjayanti etāḥ sarvāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ
yathābhimatadānena sarve te bhūtajātayaḥ

25. etāḥ sarvāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ te sarve
bhūtajātayaḥ aniśam yathābhimatadānena pūjayanti

25. All these animate and inanimate beings, indeed all classes of created entities (bhūtajātayaḥ), constantly worship (the deity) by giving offerings (dāna) as they wish.

Words meanings summery:

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly (constantly, incessantly, without pause)

• पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they worship (they worship, they honor)

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

• स्थावरजङ्गमाः (sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ) - animate and inanimate beings (moving and unmoving beings, animate and inanimate)

• यथाभिमतदानेन (yathābhimatadānena) - by giving offerings as they wish (by giving as desired, by desired offering)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

• ते (te) - those (those, they)

• भूतजातयः (bhūtajātayaḥ) - classes of created entities (bhūtajātayaḥ) (classes of beings, created entities)

Words meanings and morphology

अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly (constantly, incessantly, without pause)

(indeclinable)

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a' (not) and 'niśa' (night/pause).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+niśa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• niśa – night, pause, cessation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial usage of the neuter singular form of the adjective 'aniśa'.

पूजयन्ति (pūjayanti) - they worship (they worship, they honor)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pūj

Root pūj with causative suffix aya

Root: pūj (class 10)

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'etāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ'.

स्थावरजङ्गमाः (sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ) - animate and inanimate beings (moving and unmoving beings, animate and inanimate)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthāvarajaṅgama

sthāvarajaṅgama - moving and unmoving

Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)

• sthāvara – stationary, unmoving, inanimate
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• jaṅgama – moving, animate
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Intensive reduplication of gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun, referring to all beings, both stationary and moving. Feminine plural to agree with 'etāḥ sarvāḥ'.

यथाभिमतदानेन (yathābhimatadānena) - by giving offerings as they wish (by giving as desired, by desired offering)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yathābhimatadāna

yathābhimatadāna - giving according to desire

Compound type : avyayībhāva-tatpuruṣa (yathā+abhimata+dāna)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• abhimata – desired, wished
  past passive participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root man (to think) with prefix abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: man (class 4)
• dāna – giving, offering, gift (dāna)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'te bhūtajātayaḥ' or refers to an implied masculine noun.

ते (te) - those (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the classes of beings.

भूतजातयः (bhūtajātayaḥ) - classes of created entities (bhūtajātayaḥ) (classes of beings, created entities)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūtajāti

bhūtajāti - class of beings, species of creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+jāti)

• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• jāti – birth, species, class
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Original word to include in brackets: bhūtajātayaḥ. Compound 'bhūta-jāti' can be interpreted as 'classes of created beings'.

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